Yesterday it was so cold. I think it only got to about 10°C; of course, it felt colder in the house!
I decided to make some comfort food for lunch. Something warming, filling, and just feels right on a cold March day.
I made Butadon, Pork Donburi.
Donburi is a rice dish in one bowl. Lovely, soft, steamy rice topped with either beef, pork, chicken, pork cutlets or vegetables.
For a pork donburi, I cook onions and thinly sliced pork in dashi, then add the usual flavourings: sugar, soy sauce, mirin (sweet sake), and sake. I like the sauce to be a little bit sweet, so I add more mirin. When David makes it, he adds more soy, just personal taste.
To go with this, I made a pot of miso soup. I love miso soup; it's so easy to make and is a good way of adding a few more vegetables to the meal. My kids say that my soup is more like a stew as I put in so many vegetables!
A small side salad rounded out the meal nicely,
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| Butadon, miso soup and salad, nice lunch. |
I ate a lot at lunch, so I wasn't that hungry in the evening. I remembered that I had a tin of baked beans in the cupboard. In the UK, these are standard food; here in Japan, they are a luxury. One tin costs about 500 yen, almost £3. I bought these beans a couple of months ago, so I decided that beans on toast for dinner would be another comfort food for me. This was more about nostalgia. I love Japanese food, but sometimes I just want something English, something that takes me back to my childhood! Maybe not that healthy, but it hit the spot!
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| Beans on toast with some sausages and mushrooms. |
I'm wondering what comfort foods other people enjoy. Drop me a comment!
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